Follow-Up Activities

Reinforce the things your children discovered with these suggestions.

Remember Your Visit

Encourage your children to draw, write, and talk about the things they saw at the museum. What was their favorite work of art? What didn't they like? Why?

Relate Art to the Familiar

Mention how everyday objects and things in your home are similar to things you observed in artworks at the museum.

Explore Picture Books Together 

Looking at picture books helps children become familiar and comfortable with developing a visual vocabulary even before they can read text. Find a picture book without words and take turns creating a narrative together. Or have your child close his or her eyes and imagine the illustrations as you read a story. Choose part of the story and let your child describe how their illustration fits with the text.

Start a Mini-Museum at Home 

Suggest that your children start a collection of their favorite objects and build their own mini-museum at home. Whether they collect trading cards, erasers, or stuffed toys, it can be the beginning of a more thorough appreciation of what museums have to offer.

The Curious Corner 

Did your child enjoy the Curious Corner at the museum? Play with and learn about art at home too!

For more ideas, check out the family guidebook Faces, Places, and Inner Spaces, which is packed with games, suggestions, and tips to help families have fun at the museum. It can be purchased online or at our Museum Shop.